| 单词 | screenwriter |
| 释义 | screenwriter (once / 7524 pages) n Someone who writes movie scripts or screenplays is called a screenwriter. A novelist whose book is being made into a film might be hired to be the screenwriter. Every movie has a script, with lines for the actors to speak and directions for certain camera shots and scene changes. The person who writes the screenplay is the screenwriter. Some big-budget Hollywood films might have several screenwriters who collaborate. The word's been used since the 1920s, from the sense of screen that means "cinema world," or "surface on which a movie is projected." WORD FAMILYscreenwriter: screenwriters USAGE EXAMPLESIn due course, Sharp emigrated to the US and built a career as a screenwriter. The Guardian(Dec 30, 2016) The 34-year-old Hollywood screenwriter’s other credits include “The Sins of Dracula,” “Broadcasting Christmas,” “They Stole the Pope’s Blood!” and “A Christmas in Vermont.” Wall Street Journal(Dec 27, 2016) Star Wars screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan on the past, present and future of 'Star Wars' Los Angeles Times(Dec 23, 2016) n someone who writes screenplays Syn|Exp|Hyper film writer George Lucas United States screenwriter and filmmaker (born in 1944) Dalton TrumboUnited States screenwriter who was blacklisted and imprisoned for refusing to cooperate with congressional investigations of communism in America (1905-1976) scriptwriter someone who writes scripts for plays or movies or broadcast dramas |
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